This is the non-javascript home page of the History Department. To take advantage of the interactive features of this page and the rest of the History pages, go here and then click the Information Bar that says 'To protect your security...' above the History department heading and then 'Allow Blocked Content'.
There is nothing in the History web pages that might endanger your computer's security.

The main course …what do we teach?
Go here for details of our courses: History in the first three years - Year 7-9, where our pupils cover a millennium of history and travel from Amiens to Zanzibar... GCSE features Modern World History... Our popular Sixth Form courses (AS/A2 and IB) - moving on to advanced History, from early Tudors to modern times.

Have a taste …Pupil’s work
Take a look at some of the work produced by Oakham boys and girls... Read a report on Conditions in a 19th Century factory... Catch up on the news of a famous historic crisis... Learn from a presentation on Native Americans... Read from the fascinating collection of interviews on the Home Front in World War II... and more...

Resources Research Results … opportunities and rewards
Find out here about the impressive facilities historians at Oakham enjoy... and the exam results which they have achieved recently.

Search the WorldWideWeb …recommended sites & search engines
Details of where to find the best history sites on the web. Designed to support academic history here, you will find links to essential and interesting sites, with notes to help you choose. The lists are organised to match the syllabus offered to each year group.
Also here are handy shortcuts to a range of excellent search engines.

Meet the History Staff …the team of all the talents!
Who teaches in the Department... find about their historical and other interests: Which member of the Department appears on TV, who came to Oakham from the U.S., which one is also the school's deputy head, and who are the three Housemasters? Who was born in Africa, and which one has the best sporting record?

Our story …a brief history of Oakham School
From its beginnings in 1584 - a small school founded by an Elizabethan cleric with big ideals ... to its much bigger size today... still with big ideals...

Oakham History on tour …study trips from Auschwitz to Zagreb
Come with us on some of our study trips... to Medieval Lincoln and the Royal Armouries with the First Year, to sample Tudor court life and enterainment in London, more military affairs with the Third Year, and explore central Europe with the older boys and girls. Experience high culture in London and Prague, and much darker deeds in Leeds and Auschwitz.

Off the beaten track …History Trivia, Fun & Games
The less serious side? Time past and future: what day of the week were you born on, what Chinese year was it, how long -to the second - to your next birthday? Take a quiz... Complete a crossword... Think on today's history quotation..., or can we suggest a winning combination for the lottery?

Tomorrow's History …Check out today's news
Keep up to the minute with the latest stories from leading news organisations from the Rutland Times to the BBC... and check out their archives.

Contact us…Got a question, a comment ...Send us an e-mail
Use this form if you want to ask a question or comment on what you see here.

Where are we? ...maps and travel links if you are visiting us
Links from this page to street, local and regional maps will help you find us. Also links to travel organisations... And the local weather forecast.

Assignments … access school work from anywhere in the world
Every student's home! On-line assignments and study guides for every age group from 1st Form to 7th Form. Connect to History pages in school from here.